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looseleaf notebook |
looseleaf paper |
loosely |
loosely knit |
loosen |
loosen up
| loosened
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| looseness
| looseness of the bowels
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loosen up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb loosen up has 5 senses
- loosen up(v = verb.contact) unstuff - cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!" is one way to disengage, free
- loosen up(v = verb.social) relax - become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" is one way to act, behave, do
- loosen up(v = verb.body) limber up, warm up - make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity; Array is one way to exercise, work out
- loosen up(v = verb.body) decompress, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" is one way to change state, turn
- loosen up(v = verb.body) make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind - cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" is one way to affect
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Sam and Sue loosen up
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The performance is likely to loosen up Sue
THESAURUS
loosen up
amuse, beguile, beguile the time, convulse, delight, divert, drown care, ease off, enliven, entertain, exhilarate, fracture one, have a ball, have fun, kill, kill time, knock dead, laugh it up, live it up, raise a laugh, raise a smile, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, slay, solace, tickle, titillate, unbend, unlax, unwind, wow
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